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Another leader of Kyrgyzstan's opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party has been charged with corruption, rferl.org reports. The State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on March 27 that lawmaker Almambet Shykmamatov is suspected of fraud while serving as an auditor at the State Accounting Chamber in 2011.

Interesting: During a recent episode of the Oi Ordo talk show titled ‘Freedom of Speech or Slander?’, moderator Maxim Poletayev regularly interrupted independent media experts offering their opinion on the situation regarding press freedoms in Kyrgyzstan, while listening dutifully to the government's own representative on the show.

The Turkmen-Qatar high-level talks were held in Doha on March 15, as Turkmen leader had a meeting with Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, during which a number of issues of mutual interest were discussed, azernews reported.

Turkmenistan is interested in discussing the issues related to the participation of Qatar’s big financial and investment structures in the implementation of transnational Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, said Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan has been engulfed in numerous scandals for over a decade now. Current Mufti Maksat azhi Toktomushev, for instance, recently has been accused of not having proper education to be chief Mufti and has been appointed thanks to his powerful connections with high officials, using intimidation and pressure.